188 CERTAIN ABORIGINAL REMAINS OF THE NW. FLORIDA COAST. 



Vessel No. 28. — A vessel found in fragments and since put together with slight 

 restoration is a life-form representing a duck with head in relief, repouxse wings and 



tail on which is incised and 



punctate decoration including 



the symbol of the bird (Fig. 



104). 



Vessel No. 29. — A rudely 



made quadrilateral vessel with 



imperforate base and two holes 



for suspension beneath the rim 



on the same side. The deco- 

 ration consists of circular punc- 

 tate markings at each corner 



of the almost square aperture 



and designs in relief on the four sides below the rim (Fig. 



105). 



Vessel No. 33. — An undecorated quadrilateral vessel 

 with flat base and a projection at each corner. There are perforations for suspen- 

 sion on opposite sides (Fig. 106). 



One bowl, broken when found, held a pot in which was a still smaller one lying 

 on its side. 



Fig. 106.— Vessel No. 33. Mound near 

 Pearl Bayou. (Half size.) 



Fig. 105.— Vessel No. 29. Mound 

 near Pearl Bayou. (Two- 

 thirds size.) 



Mounds near Laughton's Bayou, Washington County. Mound A. 



Laughton's bayou unites with East bay on the north side about seven miles up. 

 The mound was about one-half mile in a southerly direction from the head of the 

 bayou, in a field, the property of Messrs. P. F. and C. T. Parker, of Parker P. 0., 

 Florida. 



The mound, which had sustained a considerable amount of previous digging, 

 was, before its complete demolition by us, 3.5 feet in height and 45 feet across the 

 base. 



In the same field were considerable shell deposits much spread by the plough, 

 including a circular shell enclosure. 



As we had anticipated, sherds and large parts of vessels were encountered at 

 the very margin of the eastern slope of the mound. The deposit continued in 4 or 

 5 feet, accompanied here and there by complete vessels or some from which small 

 parts only had been broken, and by a number of pots and bowls or considerable 

 parts of them, very badly crushed. No other earthenware was met with in the 

 mound. 



Of the nine vessels recovered in fair condition, three only call for description. 



Vessel No. 2. — A quadrilateral bottle with flat base and upright neck, around 

 which is decoration in relief (Fig. 107). 



Vessel No. 3. — Has a globular body somewhat elongated toward the base, which 

 is flat. The upper part is surrounded by a complicated stamp rudely impressed. 



